Holiday Break

Hello all,

I'm giving myself my annual present of two weeks off from blogging to focus on my eating, drinking and making merry.  I'll be back in January.  See you in 2011!

In the meantime, here's a special seasonal post for you all. Since this is the "season of giving", you may be interested in this list of secular charities. These organizations do great work without any proselytizing. I encourage you to support them.

UNICEF

Oxfam International

Doctors Without Borders

Kiva - Loans that change lives

The Nature Conservancy - Protecting Nature, Preserving Life

Amnesty International | Working to Protect Human Rights

Bernadinism

Unusual and creative work by photographer Alva Bernadine; all featured on one of the most spectacularly weird websites I've seen. (And I've seen a lot!)

Bernadinism

John Tisbury

Congratulations to UK photographer John Tisbury, for being the winner of the 2010 NUDE Magazine - Photo Contest for the image above.

John Tisbury

Jean-Pierre Potez

Classic black & white studio figure studies by Art Nudes reader Jean-Pierre Potez.

Jean-Pierre Potez

The Tattoo Project

A group of tattooed models as interpreted by 12 different photographers, from an interesting project that took place in Vancouver, British Columbia last month.

Thanks to reader Dominique for sending this link in.

Photo by Marc Koegel

The Tattoo Project: Body.Art.Image.

Michael Gesinger

American photographer Michael Gesigner produces beautiful silver gelatin prints, many of them hand coloured.

Don't forget to explore the archives section of his website for much more work.

Michael Gesinger - Photographer

Rudolf Kartelin

Studio nudes in colour by Russian photographer Rudolf Kartelin.

Rudolf Kartelin

idaniphotography and Aisii model

I'm pleased to introduce Romanian photographer Daniel Ilinca and his lovely wife, professional model Ana-Maria. They live in Romania and Ana-Maria recently began modeling again, less than a year after the birth of their first child.

Daniel's site:

idaniphotography

Ana-Maria's site:

Aisii

I don't generally post Deviant Art links as they require membership to view the 18+ images, but I'll make an exception here as there's much more work by both of them in their respective portfolios:

Aisii on Deviant Art

Daniel on Deviant Art

Juan Cossio

Mixed media works by Spanish artist Juan Cossio, who describes himself as follows: "I´m not completely photographer and neither completely painter (in a traditional sense)..."

JUAN COSSIO

Marlene Marino

Quiet moments and familial relationships are prominent themes in the work of photographer Marlene Marino.

Marlene Marino

Stefan Rappo

Statuesque nudes by French photographer Stefan Rappo.

Stefan Rappo PHOTOGRAPHY

Werner Branz Photography

Fine work in a variety of styles by Austrian photographer and Art Nudes reader Werner Branz.

Werner Branz Photography

Thorsten Jankowski

The very talented Thorsten Jankowski has updated his site with new work.

Thorsten Jankowski

Tobias Slater-Hunt

UK Photographer Tobias Slater-Hunt wrote in to let us know that he's recently started a blog featuring his latest work.

The Ascension

New Edition of Nude Magazine

The fine folks over at Carrie Leigh's NUDE Magazine have started pre-ordering for the next edition of their quarterly publication. This issue has a feature article on a model many of us have had the chance to work with, the wonderful Candace Nirvana. (There's even a little quote from me in the article.)

Carrie Leigh's NUDE Magazine

Scott Nichol

Gorgeous outdoor and studio nudes by photographer Scott Nichol.

silverystars.com

Jean-Francois Devillers

French photographer Jean-Francois Devillers' photo-montages of amorphous bodies in his "Flesh" series are oddly beautiful.

Click on voir la série to load the images.

Jean-Francois Devillers

Tom Suhler

I'm loving Tom Suhler's night shoots from Winding Creek Texas series!

Tom Suhler Fine Art Nude Photography

Big month in Reader Publications

Wow, this has been a big month for Art Nudes readers getting their work out in print. With the holidays just around the corner, these all seem like pretty cool gift ideas for the photography enthusiast in your life, even if it means buying them for yourself!

Steve Richard's awesome "Cloud Busting" series is now available in book form. The book was printed at Zanardi Press in Italy and will be in normal book store distribution early 2011 (being distributed through University of New Mexico Press). In the meantime, it is now available for sale on directly through Steve's site.

steve richard photography

Dave Rudin's excellent annual calendar of his figure photography in now available just in time for the new year.

Figures of Grace 2011: Art Nudes by Dave Rudin in Photography

The talented group of photographers collectively known as F-eleven have released their 3rd volume of collected works via Blurb.

Featuring the work of 15 photographers, with all proceeds going to charity, this might make a good stocking stuffer...

f-eleven volume 3

Erographic Interviews: Chris Triance-Martin

My old friend Chris Triance-Martin just did an interview for Erographic. I've know Chris for more that 25 years and am delighted that his photography is taking off in such a big way.

Erographic: photography: Chris Triance-Martin

Andrey Rаzoomovsky

Hyper-stylized and heavily processed imagery by Russian photographer/digital artist Andrey Razoomovsky. Not to all tastes perhaps, but they guy is clearly prolific and a master of his style.

Andrey Rаzoomovsky

Ira Meyer

Outdoor nudes and spectacular nature photography by American photographer Ira Meyer.

Ira Meyer Photography

Steven Gelberg

Lovely portraits and nudes by American photographer Steven Gelberg.

Steven Gelberg - Fine Art Photography

Mona Kuhn

Light soaked, almost hallucinatory, images by photographic artist Mona Kuna.

MONA KUHN

Eduardo Blidner

If you happen to live near Minneapolis, drop by and check out the new show at the Icebox Gallery, entitled, "Argentine Venus" by Eduardo Blidner.

Argentine Venus by Eduardo Blidner.

Michael Dweck

American photographer Michael Dweck's work explores a range of themes from nostalgia and surf culture to missiles. Lots of figure photography here, not just in the nudes gallery.

Official website for the American artist Michael Dweck

Stephen Haynes

I'm pleased to announce that long-time friend of this blog, Stephen Haynes has just published his latest book of photos entitled "The Box". Congratulations Stephen!

The Box

Buy the book at: The Box | By Stephen Haynes

Peter Rodger

Photographer, filmmaker, and world traveler Peter Rodger wrote in to bring his series "Decent Exposure - The Cheeky Series" to our attention. These are lovely images in exotic locations. His other photo journalistic series are also well worth exploring.

Peter Rodger

Michael Ezra Art Studio

It's been too long since I posted the superb studio figure work of American photographer Michael Ezra.

Michael Ezra Art Studio

Jan Scholz

Dreamy and seductive fashion and beauty photography by Belgium based photographer Jan Scholz.

micmojo photography

Gian Marco Marano

Dance and figure photography by Italian photographer and Art Nudes reader Gian Marco Marano.

Gianmarcomarano.com

Call for submissions: Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers

Female readers, or those who know female photographers maybe interested in this call for submissions. This is a fairly prestigious competition and it does feature nudes as a category.

Call for submissions: Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers | ArtRubicon Visual Arts Magazine

Server Issues

Dear Readers,

I've been getting repeated server error issues from Blogger.  This means I cannot upload images. I'm not sure what's going on, but obviously this puts a kink in my normal method of posting.

Therefore, rather than skip posting for the week, I present a special text only edition of the Art Nudes blog for today. Hopefully the server issues will be resolved soon.

This Week's Links

Absolutely stunning environmental nudes/installation art by Thomas Rucker:

Tomas Rucker

Terrific studio figure work by the Russian photographer identified as:

Studia18

Spanish Photographer, German Peraire has updated his website:

German Peraire

UK photographer Tobias Slater-Hunt started up a blog to introduce his latest work:

Tobias Slater-Hunt Blog

Photographer Peter Bruce wrote in to let us know about his new breast cancer charity book. A worthy cause indeed.

http://www.bforacure.com/

Here's the Sample Book

Dave Aharonian at the LUZ GALLERY

Big congratulations to my friend Dave Aharonian whose exhibit "New Works in Platinum" opens tonight at the LUZ Gallery in Victoria, BC. If you're in Victoria between now and November 28th, don't miss this artist's fantastic work. Web jpegs will never do justice to the beautiful luminance of his gorgeous platinum printing.

Exhibit details: LUZ GALLERY | for the Photographic Arts - CURRENT EXHIBITION

Dave's website: Dave Aharonian

Julian Baker

Quirky, lo-fi and clever photography (and writing and interactive digital, and...) by Art Nudes reader Julian Baker.

Julian Baker

Simon Bolz

Nude portraits of pretty women by German photographer Simon Bolz.

Nude Photography by Simon Bolz – Tasteful and Sensual Nude Art

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips

If you're a Lightroom user, you'll want to visit this terrifically informative and useful blog by photographer Matt Kloskowski.  It's full of great lessons and free presets for download.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips

If you're a new user, of just want a quick hit of ten solid tips, you may be interested in this NY Times article.

Ten Photo-Editing Tips From a Pro - NYTimes.com

Mark-Meir Poluksht Mark

 

Really fine work by photographer Mark-Meir Poluksht Mark

Photo Images by Mark-Meir Poluksht Mark

Yossi Loloi

Italian photographer Yossi Loloi's Fullbeauty project features (very) full figured models.

FULLBEAUTY : Fullbeauty::Yossi Loloi

Zach Rose

A small selection of promising work by emerging photographer and Art Nudes reader Zach Rose.

Zach Rose: Photographer

David Peterman

 Terrifically fun underwater nudes by Art Nudes reader David Peterman.

They Are Only Pixels

Stephen Thorne

Studio and natural light nudes by Canadian photographer Stephen Thorne. I'd also recommend spending some time exploring the excellent photo-journalism by this accomplished photographer.

Stephen Thorne - Photographer

Christa Meola

Lovely, elegant figure work by photographer Christa Meola. Christa also leads regular nude photography workshops with Kim Weston which sounds great.  The next one is on October 16 & 17 and there's still time to register.

Christa Meola Pictures, Inc.

Roland Cabon

Studio nudes by Canadian photographer Roland Cabon.

espaceNU

Dahmane

Nudes and surrealistic photo-montages by French photographer Dahmane.

Dahmane

Prints of his work is are available for purchase at ObsessionArt.com

Teresa Flowers

Really wonderful whimsical and experimental photography (and illustrations, and products...) by the very talented Teresa Flowers.

teresa flowers

Alexa Garbarino

American photographer Alexa Garbarino's charming and wonderful pregnancy nudes from her new book "Ripe".

Alexa Garbarino

Benoit Chapon

Creative silver gelatin prints and figure studies by French photographer Benoit Chapon, aka Bengraf.

Bengraf

Model Profile - Ella Rose

Photo by Sean B

I'm always pleasantly surprised by how many models follow this blog, so I was pleased to hear this week from the lovely Ella Rose when she wrote in to introduce herself.  Ella is a very experienced UK figure and beauty model who has been an Art Nudes reader for about two years. 

You can check out her portfolio at her website:

Ella Rose

She also maintains a blog where she discusses her adventures in modeling. You can find it at: Ella Rose: the story

Mikhail Nekrasov

Russian photographer Mikhail Nekrasov.

Mikhail Nekrasov